SBI PO 2018 Prelims Exam: English Test Day 37

Directions- Q(1-5) Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions.

A. The land boom was fed by encouragement from the federal government and the actions of land speculators, who bought up large tracts of land in order to sell it in parcels to farmers at exorbitant prices.
B. Soon the farmers’ dependence on distant markets caught up with them, however, as the state bank system that had sprung up to support speculation collapsed, dragging agricultural prices and land values down with it.
C. These farmers did not mind high prices and high interest on loans due to the growing success of American agricultural products.
D. After the War of 1812 much of America’s attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase.
E. Most western farmers became cash croppers who sometimes neglected subsistence farming in order to focus on marketable commodities.
F. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union.

Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?

Directions- Q(1-5) Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions.

A. The land boom was fed by encouragement from the federal government and the actions of land speculators, who bought up large tracts of land in order to sell it in parcels to farmers at exorbitant prices.
B. Soon the farmers’ dependence on distant markets caught up with them, however, as the state bank system that had sprung up to support speculation collapsed, dragging agricultural prices and land values down with it.
C. These farmers did not mind high prices and high interest on loans due to the growing success of American agricultural products.
D. After the War of 1812 much of America’s attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase.
E. Most western farmers became cash croppers who sometimes neglected subsistence farming in order to focus on marketable commodities.
F. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union.

Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?

Directions- Q(1-5) Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions.

A. The land boom was fed by encouragement from the federal government and the actions of land speculators, who bought up large tracts of land in order to sell it in parcels to farmers at exorbitant prices.
B. Soon the farmers’ dependence on distant markets caught up with them, however, as the state bank system that had sprung up to support speculation collapsed, dragging agricultural prices and land values down with it.
C. These farmers did not mind high prices and high interest on loans due to the growing success of American agricultural products.
D. After the War of 1812 much of America’s attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase.
E. Most western farmers became cash croppers who sometimes neglected subsistence farming in order to focus on marketable commodities.
F. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union.

Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ?

Directions- Q(1-5) Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions.

A. The land boom was fed by encouragement from the federal government and the actions of land speculators, who bought up large tracts of land in order to sell it in parcels to farmers at exorbitant prices.
B. Soon the farmers’ dependence on distant markets caught up with them, however, as the state bank system that had sprung up to support speculation collapsed, dragging agricultural prices and land values down with it.
C. These farmers did not mind high prices and high interest on loans due to the growing success of American agricultural products.
D. After the War of 1812 much of America’s attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase.
E. Most western farmers became cash croppers who sometimes neglected subsistence farming in order to focus on marketable commodities.
F. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?

Directions- Q(1-5) Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions.

A. The land boom was fed by encouragement from the federal government and the actions of land speculators, who bought up large tracts of land in order to sell it in parcels to farmers at exorbitant prices.
B. Soon the farmers’ dependence on distant markets caught up with them, however, as the state bank system that had sprung up to support speculation collapsed, dragging agricultural prices and land values down with it.
C. These farmers did not mind high prices and high interest on loans due to the growing success of American agricultural products.
D. After the War of 1812 much of America’s attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase.
E. Most western farmers became cash croppers who sometimes neglected subsistence farming in order to focus on marketable commodities.
F. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union.

Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?

Directions –(Q6-10) Find the error in the given sentences

Driven in the North, which emerged from the Civil War an industrial powerhouse, / the United States experienced a flurry of unprecedented growth and / industrialization during the Gilded Age, with a continent full of seemingly unlimited / natural resources and driven by millions of immigrants ready to work.

Directions –(Q6-10) Find the error in the given sentences

Further evidence of the overwhelming influence of what might be lose / termed as political constraints emerges from the fact that / even critics assume demonetisation was motivated by good intent, / which makes it more difficult to go against it.

Directions –(Q6-10) Find the error in the given sentences

Cloaking the deaths of our soldiers in the hyper-glorified /paraphernalia of martyrdom is often a convenient excuse / in waging wars, and not undertaking the / difficult task of conflict resolution.

Directions –(Q6-10) Find the error in the given sentences

Amid the ongoing commotion triggered by arrogance and puritanical claims / about nationalism and patriotism, the words of Gurmehar Kaur, / a Delhi University student whose online video of May 2016 has suddenly become a needless / controversy, come across as profoundly wise and humane.